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Understanding Consciousness and Free Will with Sam Harris
00:00 - 02:55 (02:55)
In this podcast episode, Sam Harris discusses how meditation allows one to view and understand conscious experience, and how the understanding of free will has evolved through philosophy and neuroscience. He also touches on his own political views and their relation to his work.
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Sam Harris explains how meditation allows us to view and understand consciousness itself, and its profound impact on the way we engage with the world and ourselves.
00:00 - 02:55 (02:55)
Meditation
Summary
Sam Harris explains how meditation allows us to view and understand consciousness itself, and its profound impact on the way we engage with the world and ourselves. He also discusses the mind-body problem, free will, and how modifying our conscious states can improve our functionality as human beings.